Group Guide News Today

The questions, discussion topics and other material that follow are intended to enhance a group's conversation of "Let Us Descend."

"Wellness: A novel," looks at a 20-year relationship between Elizabeth and Jack, from their initial meeting as lonely students in Chicago in 1993 to their turbulent marriage in 2014.

"The Covenant of Water" is a highly anticipated new release from Abraham Verghese, renowned for his word-of-mouth bestseller "Cutting for Stone."

Set in Kerala, a picturesque coastal region in South India, the novel spans from 1900 to 1977 and follows three generations of a family burdened by an unusual affliction: in each generation, at least one person meets a tragic fate by drowning.